Angels waste solid pitching in loss to Astros

HOUSTON — Someday the Angels volition again person a competitory lineup.

Until then, they are going to person to woody with games similar their 3-1 nonaccomplishment to the Houston Astros connected Sunday, erstwhile they pitched good capable to triumph but wasted it.

The Angels proceed to beryllium without injured Mike Trout, Anthony Rendon and Justin Upton, and connected Sunday they were besides without Jo Adell. Adell, who has been arguably their champion hitter implicit the past week, was sore aft crashing into the obstruction connected Saturday night.

Shohei Ohtani besides remains successful a slump, the occasional homer notwithstanding.

The remainder of the hitters did small to capitalize connected the chances they had, coming up bare contempt putting the leadoff antheral connected basal successful 4 innings.

In the archetypal inning, David Fletcher led disconnected with a azygous and past Ohtani followed with a walk. None of the adjacent 3 hitters — Phil Gosselin, Jared Walsh oregon Luis Rengifo — could thrust them in.

In the eighth, they had runners astatine archetypal and 2nd with 1 retired for Gosselin, who struck out, and Walsh, who deed a lineout to near field.

That near nary borderline for mistake for the pitchers.

Starter Jaime Barria had an uneven outing, including stretches erstwhile helium was precise bully and immoderate erstwhile helium struggled.

He managed to get the cardinal outs that helium needed, truthful the struggles ended up with conscionable 1 tally connected the board, but the occupation was his pitch-count got truthful precocious that helium was pulled aft throwing 96 pitches successful conscionable 4 innings.

Barria struck retired six, which helped him enactment astir 4 walks. He struck retired Aledmys Diaz to strand the bases loaded successful the first, and helium got Alex Bregman connected a flyout to permission them loaded successful the fourth.

He was taken disconnected the hook for a nonaccomplishment erstwhile Lagares deed a homer successful the fifth, tying the crippled 1-1.

A fewer minutes later, though, left-hander José Quijada gave up a two-run homer to Kyle Tucker and the Angels were down 3-1 successful the fifth.

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